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Ever
since arriving in NYC I have been lucky enough to be shown some
of the greatest nights out by the vivacious, beautiful and extremely
popular Amber Ray.Halloween
was no exception. Along with helping me shop for my dream costume,
Amber Ray did my make-up, fashioned my clothes, sculpted, baked
and attached my horns.

She's
also been generous enough to introduce me to a wide assortment of
her fabulous, talented friends.The gorgeous & fiendish Venus

We
went to see the tail end of the Halloween parade, given special
treatment at Shelter
(the club she was performing at), then ended the night at CBGB's
where we lounged in sofas watching all of the caricatures play out
their Halloween costumes perfectly. I have to give my kudos to the
gentleman who was Hunter S. Thompson (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas).
Watching him at the bar as he tripped, turned and twitched was a
show at par with Depp's own.

It
was a treat to hand out my Jesus Dress Up flyers (while dressed
as His Nemesis).

By the way, if you are someone who had their picture taken with
me, received a flyer, and are now visiting the site, email
me a jpeg of it. You'd thrill me beyond imagine.

But
enough about my Halloween, how was yours? I'd love to see your Halloween
snap shots. It's maintaining its number one spot as my favorite
holiday for the last half decade. Maybe even a little bit too much.

I think that I may have found my next new wonderful fashion statement.
It's so exciting!

...a
REAL christian would NOT do that to jesus

What your doing
on your website is soo disrespectful i can't believe it that
someone would do that it is sooo rude how dare you do that
you are obviosly NOT a christian becuase a REAL christian
would NOT do that to jesus Why would someone cherish a picture
of jesus in some STUPID STUPID STUPID out fit i could go on
all day writing about how stupid disrespectful rude your web
site is, this isn't the half of what i could say A skull t-shirt
a devil outfit !!!!!!!!!!!! your just making fun of jesus
that is not right you may not believe in him but you don't
have to do what you did!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i am furios at you and your website why why why why did you
do it that is all i want to know.

Why ?
I'm discusted
Annie Wigton
bobkat82@hotmail.com

Hi Annie! Thanks
for your inquiry. Jesus Dress Up has had its two year anniversary
this month and in the last two years I've gotten the question"why?"
many many times.

When I first drew
the picture way back in 1989 I was actually a born again Christian!
What the? Yup, that's right! I was going to church 3 times
a week, prayed to God and looked forward to an eternal afterlife
in blissful, cozy paradise. I drew Jesus Dress Up because
I was being a naughty rebellious teenager. I thought it was
funny, clever and even though I was a believer I knew that
the drawing wasn't going to get me struck by lightning or
give God bad dreams.

The picture went
basically unseen for more than a decade. It was in 2000 that
my belief started to crumble apart. I began examining the
reasons I believed (& why others believed) and noticed that
the reasons were mostly really really silly. People believe
out of confusion, fear, self righteousness, misinformation
and a lot of Christians simply don't really even believe.
They go through the motions just in case. It's true!

For myself I started
to realize that the only reason I believed was because that's
just what I'd always believed. There was no better reason.
I'd never really felt the presence of God or anything that
couldn't be explained away more logically.

All of the stories
I'd been taught made sense when I was 12 but now when I'd
be explaining my beliefs to other adults I would hear myself
and thought like I was coming off like a crazy person.

"You see, Jesus
is the Son of God and He died for everyone so that when we
die we're all going to face God and be judged for all the
sins we committed. If you believe all of this you get to go
to Heaven too!"

I just started
to realize that the things I was saying sounded like kooky
talk. No different than ghost stories, tarot readings, alien
encounters or urban legends. And that just wasn't me. It was
a life altering realization and it wasn't fun.

What I'd been taught
by the church and my parents clashed with everything I knew
and had learned from the life I'd lived. It was a frightening
realization but in the end completely unavoidable. Suddenly
the picture I'd drawn ten years prior had more meaning than
ever before and would offer up a forum to explain myself to
no end and showcase the ignorance of most people who were
believers.

So I posted my
drawing on the Internet and looked forward to the emails I
could respond to. Two years later and I've never been more
sure of my atheist beliefs (or lack of). Emails like yours
still come in daily and the ignorance they showcase only makes
me more sure. No constructive thoughts, no insight or valid
argument. Not even proper spelling or punctuation. Just stupidity,
pointlessness and embarrassing displays of thoughtlessness.
The answer to your question "why?" seems obvious to me. Because
I don't think it's true.

Now your reply
to the question "why?" in regards to your belief strikes me
as a far more interesting topic. That is only if you're willing
to be honest in your answer and from the heart. Stay away
from reasons like "I just do." or "The Bible says..." and
give me a real reason why you believe everything the Bible
tells you.

I must warn you
Annie that I expect you to put very little thought into your
reply. What I expect is more anger, more frustration and a
lot more exclamation points.

Bob

To
answer YOUR question ever since i can remember i have
believed... because thats what i've been taught

I'm sorry but you
must be mistaken i am not going to react with anger because
its not healthy to get that angry.

Instead i will
pray for you, i will ask god to forgive you cause you know
not what you do

To answer YOUR
question ever since i can remember i have believed and i have
no reason not to at one piont i thought i didn't but i was
mistaken i will always believe because i will never find a
reason not to and i believe that what the bible says is true
because thats what i've been taught and i'm never gonna find
a reason not to. i will pray for you and hope that you change
your ways.

Sincerley
Annie Wigton
bobkat82@hotmail.com

Thank you Annie
for not coming at me again with the anger and scolding me
like you did in your first email. You're right, that isn't
healthy.

I also appreciate
you answering my question with something other than a "I just
do." or "The Bible says...". You've really given me something
to think about with the reasoning you've gone through and
the thought you've put into it.

I have to admit
that you've really taken the high road with me and I respect
that.

Bob

i
shouldn't have said - i will ask god to forgive you cause
you know not what you do

Thanks for respecting
me, but i shouldn't have said "i will ask god to forgive you
cause you know not what you do"

I think it was
rude of me to say that. I'm sorry. Please forgive me.

Sincerley
Annie Wigton
bobkat82@hotmail.com

Yes, no problem.
Apology accepted.

I had initially
thought that you were going to tell me that you believed because
"you just did" or "The Bible says...". Those
kind of reasons convince no one and say nothing of one's true
belief.

You on the other
hand said "i have believed and i have no reason not to"
and "i believe that what the bible says is true because
thats what i've been taught".

Those are real
reasons that an Atheist can actually grasp and understand.
And now you're apologizing to ME!

Once again you've
really taken me aback.

What
is an Atheist?

Just one question...
What is an Atheist?
I hope i don't sound too stupid for asking, but i really have
no idea what it is.

Sincerley
Annie Wigton
bobkat82@hotmail.com

An atheist Annie
is someone who doesn't believe that God exists. For me this
also includes no Heaven or Hell, no angels or devils, no voodoo
curses, haunted houses, faith healings or psychic powers.
No genies in lamps, super heroes, or guardian angels. No Santa
Clause, Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairy, Elves, Knombs, Leprechauns
or Fraggles. No final judgment, eternal punishment or blissful
reward.

The only thing
that all atheists do agree on is the existence of the gilled
antelope. That's it.

Bob

what
does an athiest do?

hi i just had some
questions to tie this up before i delete your e-mail from
my contacts and forget about you and totally wipe you from
my files.

since you don't
believe in god then waht do you believe created you?

why do you give
me crap answers and still ask me to give you good answers?

Why did you make
that website if you don't believe why were you making fun
of jesus?

if athiest s are
supposed to be the people who don't believe anything why has
it become a religion not to belive anything.

so athiests don't
belive in the devil right?

and they don't
believe in god or heaven or hell

so what do you
think will happen to you once you die?

why do you think
you are alive?

what do you think
the purpose of living is ,as an athiest?

why did you tell
me basically the whole history of jesus dress up except why
you did it?

why don't you believe?

what does an athiest
do?

how did you go
from believing to not believeing?

are you going to
answer any of my questions? i hope you do, and thoughtfully

this is soo off
topic but do you think the "sticks and stones may break my
bones but words will never hurt" thing is true?

well thats it
i thought about this and allmost sent you a nasty e-mail but
you really haven't done anything to me so wouldn't have had
a right to do that so bye

Sincerley
Annie Wigton
bobkat82@hotmail.com

I would be happy
to answer all of your questions the best that I can and as
thoughtfully as humanly possible... at least for me.

since
you don't believe in god then waht do you believe created
you?
I believe that my parents created me. My dad's sperm and my
mom's egg combined together and invented me... Bob! There's
a chance that if you asked my parents this same question they'd
each deny responsibility, but it's what I truly believe with
all my heart.

why
do you give me crap answers and still ask me to give you good
answers?
I don't know how to make my answers any clearer to you. They
all seem so obvious to me. I really don't understand why you're
confused. I feel that I've answered all of your questions
and the crap answers I gave you were to emails that didn't
ask questions, they were simply scolding me. And I thought
that I had explained what an atheist was rather thoroughly.

Why
did you make that website if you don't believe why were you
making fun of jesus?
The main reason that I made Jesus Dress Up is because I found
it amusing.

A more involved
explanation is that I believe all of the questions you've
been asking me have obvious answers but you don't see the
answers because you've been taught from the very beginning
that all the answers lay in that symbol I've desecrated.

That symbol you
worship is the heart of the ignorance and it needs to be stomped
before you're an adult who fears her own shadow. The sky is
not falling.

so
athiests don't belive in the devil right?
Correct-a-mundo. Atheists do not believe that the devil is
a reasonable explanation for why bad things happen or why
a six year old steals a lollipop. That is right. Absolutely.

and
they don't believe in god or heaven or hell
Correct again. No god, heaven or hell. An atheist thinks that
the only reason people invented those things is because humans
want everything to be fair and a fear of death.

so
what do you think will happen to you once you die?
Do you remember that time before you were born? Back when
your parents were being born and if you were to have held
up your hand in front of your face it wouldn't have existed?
Well that goes for when you die too. No more Annie Wigton
any more, at all. Period.

why
do you think you are alive?
This goes back to your first question. Back when my parents
had sexual intercourse. Ak! Do we have to keep going to this
moment in time?
Beyond that I don't think that there is a preconceived agenda
for me to fulfill or a scripted plot for the story of my life.
Maybe I'm not understanding your question but I believe my
life is written out as it happens and no earlier.

what
do you think the purpose of living is, as an athiest?
Well it most certainly is not to spend life worshipping another.
My own opinion is it's to find happiness, seek out truth,
confront fears and waste no time trying to please a crowd
of strangers. It's a waste of time and will leave you feeling
empty and lost.

why
did you tell me basically the whole history of jesus dress
up except why you did it?
I think it was because you yelled at me and name called. If
you read back through it I do explain why it happened and
the frustration I felt. I knew people would hate it yet I
felt I was right. There.

why
don't you believe?
I don't believe because it doesn't make sense. Atheism makes
perfect sense. It's the same reason you wouldn't believe any
ridiculous story told to you by a stranger... or would you?

what
does an athiest do?
This by far is the most bizarre of all your questions. What
do we do? We live life to its fullest. It's the only one we've
been guaranteed, we respect its rules more because of it and
we value it more than someone who thinks there's a better
one after this. We appreciate life completely. That's what
we do.

I think it'd be
funny if you answered this same question only in regards to
what Christians do.
"We fold our hands and whisper to ourselves, chant along with
a guy behind a podium and sing scary songs to a man in another
dimension that we think listens to our songs. And then we
go to Heaven."
I think that answer is much more amusing than mine.

how
did you go from believing to not believeing?
I went from believing to not believing when I realized that
truth was more important than feelings. When being honest
with myself outweighed the comfort found in fantasies. Oh
yeah, and when my pastor ran over my dog.

are
you going to answer any of my questions?
I hope that I finally have.

this
is soo off topic but do you think the "sticks and stones may
break my bones but words will never hurt" thing is true?
Yes, that is what I totally believe. Words only hurt me when
it's from someone I care about and who cares about me as well.
I couldn't care less about what anybody else thinks of me...
unless it's a cute punker girl. Please tell me you're not
a cute punker girl.

Before you completely
delete me from your files let me know if I successfully answered
all of your questions. Again, the answers seem so basic to
me but I guess that I understand how a lifetime of having
someone point at a symbol for every answer can really fuck
with your head... and this is why I mock it.